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The
BANNER
ISSUE No. 10
April 4,1986
California Baptist College
CBC U-Turn Problem Solved
By Richard Martinez
The Press Enterprise
Even college presidents
have pet peeves. Russell Tuck
has at least two.
For the two years he has
run California Baptist College in Riverside, Tuck has
had to watch — each time he
looks out his office window
— motorists heading
southwest on Magnolia
Avenue make a U-turn at the
intersection of Wayne Court
in order to enter the campus.
Another pet peeve is the
yucky wallpaper with the
green-fern design in his office. But the U-turn problem
takes precedence for two
reasons.
"The first is safety;' said
Tuck, standing on the median
divider on Magnolia Avenue
yesterday. "Many, many cars
make this U-turn everyday to
use the main entrance to the
campus and it is dangerous
because of the traffic. I've
almost gotten hit several
times myself."
Records in the Riverside
Public Works Deparment
show three traffic accidents
occurred in the vicinity of the
U-turn intersection last year.
The answer, Tuck says, is a
left-turn lane to be built into
the center median strip to
give southwestbound
Lybia fires on
U.S. first
On Monday, March 24, in the
dark, cold hours of the
Mediteranean morning, six Russian built, Lybian launched
missiles shredded the quiet of
the sky screaming towards the
U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet. Vice-
Admiral Frank Kelso, commander of the 30-ship 6th Fleet,
put the fleet on alert and by
noon that same day had
destroyed the sihlo and radar
station from which the missiles
had been launched twice and
had sunken five Lybian naval
vessels. Explained Vice-Admiral
Kelso, "I wasn't going to wait
around for a second (missile) to
shoot at me to find out what he
(Muammar Khadafy, Lybian
Dictator) was going to do."
Was the U.S. response
justified? Was the U.S. acting
witflsB -the^wSrims of International Law when it sailed into
the Gulf of Sidra?
Most nations, as does the
U.S., recognize that the Gulf of
Sidra is international water and
open to all nations for navigation. Colonel Khadafy however,
claims all of the gulf below
32"30° as Lybian territorial
waters. The threat of annhilia-
tion stands for all who cross into the gulf below the "Line of
Death".
As with most complex issues
in the world, there are no black
and white answers. The United
. States' objective in the Gulf of
Sidra was two-fold. First,
Reagan wanted to show that the
Gulf was indeed open to international navagation. Second,
Khadafy's hatred for the US. is
no secret, and the U.S. is not
generally in the habit of
outright, unprovoked attacks.
In this case, though, Reagan
wanted to strike back. Thus,
Reagan sent in the 6th Fleet - to
bait Khadafy into a response.
The 6th Fleet had been in the.
Gulf of Sidra six times this year
already. Finally, Khadafy fired
it the naval armada of 30 sur-
jce vessels, three of which are
nuclear-powered aircraft
carriers.
Khadafy's response was not a
suprise to the U.S. Reagan
planned this scenario down to
the finest detail. First, the fleet.
motorists on Magnolia
Avenue direct access to the
campus rather than making a
U-turn and backtracking.
"The second reason is
somewhat psychological," he
said. "I believe that an institution of significant importance to the community
as I think we are should have
an entrance to its front door.
We need to give our visitors
the convenience of driving
directly into our driveway?'
Tuck sent a letter to City
Hall two years ago on the
issue and they thought he
made sense. The bureaucratic
machine turns slowly,
though. The left-turn larie
was included in this year's
budget. Engineers have finally completed plans. Construction should start in May
and be completed in June.
Price tag for the city —-
$29,000, said Ron Mueller, a
city engineer.
Tuck is ecstatic. Students
and visitors, not to mention
ihe president, no longer will
have to make U-turns.
Tuck says the left-turn lane
fits in with his philosophy of
making Cal Baptist more accessible to the community.
Examples of this include the
fact that community leaders
now serve on college advisory
boards. The college also in
vites the public to many
events — be it a Bible
scholar's lectur or a visiting
choir's performance.
Now that he's on the road
to righting the U-turn problem, Tuck can get back to
the business of overseeing a
$5 million annual college
budget.
Unfortunately for Tuck,
more pressing educational
needs make money for
replacing the president's
other pet peeve — thegreeen-
fern wallpaper — a low
priority. ^mmmmmmmmmmm
College President Russell Tuck, left, surveys some landscaping
plans with Rolla Wilhite, center and Louise Carleton, right, wife
of Executive Vice President Stephen Carleton.
had a rada jamming plane aloft
which effectively neutralized the
Lybian missiles. The first missile
fell into the gulf, the second exploded in mid-air, and the final
four fell far short of their
targets; all thanks to the radar
jamming plane. Second,
weapons are expensive and can
not bUteied in practice as much
as would be liked. Many fighter
pilots go their whole career with
firing only one missile. Rarely is
this one missile fired in combat.
By baiting Khadafy into a
response, U.S. pilots were able to
test in real combat. Third, this,
action gave the U.S. a chance to
test two new pieces of equipment. One was the new HARM
missile which is guided to its
target by detecting the target's
radar waves, Firing such a
missile at a radar site is a lot like
shooting someone in the dark
while he holds a flashlight. The
other new weapon i§ the Eligus-
class%nip new and revolutionary
it is radar and defense shields.
With its monitoring ability, the
Eligus can project onto its viewing screens a 360° picture in
20/20 clarity. It is also armed
with a full aray of battlements
including cruise missiles, 5" turret guns, and an improved
Gatlin gun should a plane
manage to get close.
As a result of Reagan's flexing of the U.S. military muscle
against a decidedly inferior Lybian military machine, world
tension has mounted. The
Soviets and the Arabs are major
allies of Lybian and could eventually have moved in to support
Khadafy. Such a result might
have easily triggered a much
larger scale of hostilities.
by Kevin Cannon

The
BANNER
ISSUE No. 10
April 4,1986
California Baptist College
CBC U-Turn Problem Solved
By Richard Martinez
The Press Enterprise
Even college presidents
have pet peeves. Russell Tuck
has at least two.
For the two years he has
run California Baptist College in Riverside, Tuck has
had to watch — each time he
looks out his office window
— motorists heading
southwest on Magnolia
Avenue make a U-turn at the
intersection of Wayne Court
in order to enter the campus.
Another pet peeve is the
yucky wallpaper with the
green-fern design in his office. But the U-turn problem
takes precedence for two
reasons.
"The first is safety;' said
Tuck, standing on the median
divider on Magnolia Avenue
yesterday. "Many, many cars
make this U-turn everyday to
use the main entrance to the
campus and it is dangerous
because of the traffic. I've
almost gotten hit several
times myself."
Records in the Riverside
Public Works Deparment
show three traffic accidents
occurred in the vicinity of the
U-turn intersection last year.
The answer, Tuck says, is a
left-turn lane to be built into
the center median strip to
give southwestbound
Lybia fires on
U.S. first
On Monday, March 24, in the
dark, cold hours of the
Mediteranean morning, six Russian built, Lybian launched
missiles shredded the quiet of
the sky screaming towards the
U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet. Vice-
Admiral Frank Kelso, commander of the 30-ship 6th Fleet,
put the fleet on alert and by
noon that same day had
destroyed the sihlo and radar
station from which the missiles
had been launched twice and
had sunken five Lybian naval
vessels. Explained Vice-Admiral
Kelso, "I wasn't going to wait
around for a second (missile) to
shoot at me to find out what he
(Muammar Khadafy, Lybian
Dictator) was going to do."
Was the U.S. response
justified? Was the U.S. acting
witflsB -the^wSrims of International Law when it sailed into
the Gulf of Sidra?
Most nations, as does the
U.S., recognize that the Gulf of
Sidra is international water and
open to all nations for navigation. Colonel Khadafy however,
claims all of the gulf below
32"30° as Lybian territorial
waters. The threat of annhilia-
tion stands for all who cross into the gulf below the "Line of
Death".
As with most complex issues
in the world, there are no black
and white answers. The United
. States' objective in the Gulf of
Sidra was two-fold. First,
Reagan wanted to show that the
Gulf was indeed open to international navagation. Second,
Khadafy's hatred for the US. is
no secret, and the U.S. is not
generally in the habit of
outright, unprovoked attacks.
In this case, though, Reagan
wanted to strike back. Thus,
Reagan sent in the 6th Fleet - to
bait Khadafy into a response.
The 6th Fleet had been in the.
Gulf of Sidra six times this year
already. Finally, Khadafy fired
it the naval armada of 30 sur-
jce vessels, three of which are
nuclear-powered aircraft
carriers.
Khadafy's response was not a
suprise to the U.S. Reagan
planned this scenario down to
the finest detail. First, the fleet.
motorists on Magnolia
Avenue direct access to the
campus rather than making a
U-turn and backtracking.
"The second reason is
somewhat psychological" he
said. "I believe that an institution of significant importance to the community
as I think we are should have
an entrance to its front door.
We need to give our visitors
the convenience of driving
directly into our driveway?'
Tuck sent a letter to City
Hall two years ago on the
issue and they thought he
made sense. The bureaucratic
machine turns slowly,
though. The left-turn larie
was included in this year's
budget. Engineers have finally completed plans. Construction should start in May
and be completed in June.
Price tag for the city —-
$29,000, said Ron Mueller, a
city engineer.
Tuck is ecstatic. Students
and visitors, not to mention
ihe president, no longer will
have to make U-turns.
Tuck says the left-turn lane
fits in with his philosophy of
making Cal Baptist more accessible to the community.
Examples of this include the
fact that community leaders
now serve on college advisory
boards. The college also in
vites the public to many
events — be it a Bible
scholar's lectur or a visiting
choir's performance.
Now that he's on the road
to righting the U-turn problem, Tuck can get back to
the business of overseeing a
$5 million annual college
budget.
Unfortunately for Tuck,
more pressing educational
needs make money for
replacing the president's
other pet peeve — thegreeen-
fern wallpaper — a low
priority. ^mmmmmmmmmmm
College President Russell Tuck, left, surveys some landscaping
plans with Rolla Wilhite, center and Louise Carleton, right, wife
of Executive Vice President Stephen Carleton.
had a rada jamming plane aloft
which effectively neutralized the
Lybian missiles. The first missile
fell into the gulf, the second exploded in mid-air, and the final
four fell far short of their
targets; all thanks to the radar
jamming plane. Second,
weapons are expensive and can
not bUteied in practice as much
as would be liked. Many fighter
pilots go their whole career with
firing only one missile. Rarely is
this one missile fired in combat.
By baiting Khadafy into a
response, U.S. pilots were able to
test in real combat. Third, this,
action gave the U.S. a chance to
test two new pieces of equipment. One was the new HARM
missile which is guided to its
target by detecting the target's
radar waves, Firing such a
missile at a radar site is a lot like
shooting someone in the dark
while he holds a flashlight. The
other new weapon i§ the Eligus-
class%nip new and revolutionary
it is radar and defense shields.
With its monitoring ability, the
Eligus can project onto its viewing screens a 360° picture in
20/20 clarity. It is also armed
with a full aray of battlements
including cruise missiles, 5" turret guns, and an improved
Gatlin gun should a plane
manage to get close.
As a result of Reagan's flexing of the U.S. military muscle
against a decidedly inferior Lybian military machine, world
tension has mounted. The
Soviets and the Arabs are major
allies of Lybian and could eventually have moved in to support
Khadafy. Such a result might
have easily triggered a much
larger scale of hostilities.
by Kevin Cannon